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2/22/09

A catchy Ska tune has recently hit big in Venezuela and is spreading quickly across the entire continent. Performed by the Spanish group Ska-P (the homophone of which translates as "Escape" in English) the song is called 'El Libertador' and pays homage to both Simon Bolívar and Hugo Chávez.

You too, kind reader, can listen to it by clicking right here and no matter what your politics might be you'll hear a catchy song that's very good indeed and a deserved hit. However, imagine my surprise when I saw a photo of the band.

Ska-P and Authers/Pulpul

It took about a millisecond for the penny to drop: THE SINGER IS JOHN AUTHERS OF THE LONDON FINANCIAL TIMES!...........probably. Let's examine the evidence.

Look again at the lead singer from Ska-P. He goes by the PSEUDONYM of 'Pulpul'.

It's Authers!

Note that before taking up his present post, John Authers was bureau chief in Mexico. HE SPEAKS FLUENT SPANISH! Here's another shot of Authers/Pulpul which surely gives the whole game away:

Dead ringer

And here's the clincher; a little known fact not on his FT biog is that Authers is a well-regarded singer! True! He says his hobby is choral singing, but today's revelation has surely blown the lid off all that sweet crooning malarkey.

But if you don't believe me you can always get confirmation from the horse's mouth. Just send a mail to john.authers (AT) ft (DOT) com and ask him yourself. Finally here's the words to El Libertador so you can read along while you listen to Authers (here's the music link again, just in case).

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